Road Safety Charity Says Casualties Increase In 20mph Zones

IN A potential blow to the current thinking by road safety campaigners, the number of serious accidents on 20mph roads increased by over a quarter (26 per cent) last year. That’s according to analysis of government data by road safety charity, Institute of Advanced Motorists. Slight accidents on 20mph roads increased by 17 per cent.However, in the same year, there was a decrease in the number of serious and slight accidents on 30mph roads and 40 mph roads.

Chrysler eight-speed gearbox to boost big sedans' fuel economy

Chrysler Group says its new eight-speed automatic transmission will be the first offered on domestically produced automobiles and will boost fuel economy and cut emissions of the company's two full-sized, rear-drive sedans. The transmission initially will be available on 2012 Chrysler 300s and Dodge Chargers powered by Chrysler's 292-hp Pentastar V6 engine, the automaker said Thursday in a statement. The cars are being assembled and will start arriving in dealerships by Oct.

Jaguar F-Type & 2013 Range Rover LIVE at Paris 2012

Jaguar Land Rover will officially debut the Jaguar F-Type and 2013 Range Rover at Paris 2012 on Thursday – LIVE on Cars UK. We’ve already had the official reveal of the 2013 Range Rover, and the new Jaguar F-Type slipped out last week too, quickly followed by a single official photo from Jaguar. But the public debut for the two new Jaguar Land Rover models is the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show which opens to the public this weekend.